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The Cardinal's College. Christ Church, Chapter and Verse.
Judith Curthoys
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Description for The Cardinal's College. Christ Church, Chapter and Verse.
Hardcover. A detailed and absorbing history of one of Oxford University's most imposing colleges Num Pages: 416 pages, c. 50-60 b/w halftones (integrated). BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HR; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 180 x 39. Weight in Grams: 977.
Christ Church, founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525, and arguably the grandest college in the University of Oxford, has been the subject of only one previous history. Now Judith Curthoys, the college archivist, presents a new and fascinating account of this unique institution - a joint foundation of college and cathedral with its own peculiar constitution. Despite having been described as like cream ('rich, thick and full of clots'), Christ Church has never been just a refuge for the elite, and over the centuries it has produced a dazzling list of famous and learned men and (since 1980) ... Read more
Christ Church, founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525, and arguably the grandest college in the University of Oxford, has been the subject of only one previous history. Now Judith Curthoys, the college archivist, presents a new and fascinating account of this unique institution - a joint foundation of college and cathedral with its own peculiar constitution. Despite having been described as like cream ('rich, thick and full of clots'), Christ Church has never been just a refuge for the elite, and over the centuries it has produced a dazzling list of famous and learned men and (since 1980) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846686177
SKU
V9781846686177
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99-10
About Judith Curthoys
Judith Curthoys MSt, DAA has been archivist at Christ Church since 1994. During that time, she was co-editor of Christ Church: a portrait of the House (2006), has contributed articles to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), and was for ten years reviews editor of the local archaeological and architectural journal, Oxoniensia.
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